Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-14
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CONGRESS oHaL GOSSIP.
.-pirants for a nigh r,aos and Other

CONGRESS. 0RAL GOSSIP.
kspfrants for a High Place and Others
Who are mot Aspirants-Effects OF
Church's Insane Hospital Rrolly.
Aberdeen correspondence 81. Paul
Pioneer Press: At no period In the
,l.tory OF the ter. itory has the political
situation presented the activity ten
months In advance OF the territorial con-
ysntion that 10 does now, inc yet the
surface is as calm at o summer oay.
Candidates for territorial delegate lu
congress, Ia both parties, We're never SO
numerous as now, end Hspirants for
legislative honors arc not Idle. sven at
his early date, 10 manlfesticg their
covering ambition. Neither are the
congressional candidates dong all their
work at their respective homes, but are
emulatlDg the present democrats adj
mlnistration by ~"swiDging around the
CIRCLE" but none of them have their
" ''Frankie" With them. The list Of
desirous ones is large and still inoreas.
ing and 1t would be making no venture.
some guess in saying that if Hon. Mr..
Clifford is no. succeeded by himself, the
LUCKY man is yet to be named. IL Will
not be surprising, in view of the great
amount of elsctioneering done, If at the
last moment, not "Oervantes" famous,
but the ever ready s'dark horse" wins the
race. On the republican side Mr..
Kanouse Of Woonsooket is making rapid
strides. He did not buy his large
circular tent for nothing, for with it he
has tax n in South Dakota and the local
option question has sprung from his
nest egg and has peen Matched by the
air OF the w. O /. U. He has been
where Gen. Harrison Allen has gone
aud also where the general has not been
+ Gen. Harrison Allen Is the most
anxious OF Oil candidates, with the least
prospect OF That's my opinion
simply. The time was when Aliea
might have won, butt he has sacrificed
himself by unful6lled pledges. The gen
eral must feel secure in Oass county.
The rook he has split upon is the Grand
Army. He sought hard to secure the
office OF department commander OF the
la.A. r., and got it by just one solitary
yote-that being the majority-and the
vote came to him over o contest as to
the legality of q new post at Fargo,
which finally was. admitted and which
he went back on the frat week after the
encampment and his election To secure
the GA. r. post in central Dakota be
promised the adjutant generals position,
as squBrely understood ny many, TO an
old soldier bere-one Rowley-and he
kept his promise by appointing Capt.
Jumper of the same city to the place.
He is seldom heard of as
visiting any of the Il. A. r. poets, and
the northern boys are laying ia wait Tor
him at the next enoampment, So bitter
are some of his enemies in south Dakota
rs well as north Dakots, that they have
been seeking what Maj. Edwards calls
his sreoord beyond the Red" The
smaftest man in the crowd is Mayor
Edwards, who has 8 record and who has
been training Allen for the race, know
ing he would be .knooked OUT and ex-
pecting he would be nominated him
self, at least one OF the may or's Qnondam
friends here states thai The Eisjor ls will
ing. The major is no "antagonizsr,,
for he rides gally along on both sides oil
the division question and on both routes
OF the temperance question and hobnobs
with the Day element In democratic CIR
lcles. He is a cute one, and If he can Be-
cure such "sure to gst there" men rs
Alexandria Mckenzie to help him he
will travel fast for he has ali sorts Of
friends. The gamblers may swear by
him, but the Methodists claim him lust
as strong, and if q history is ever called
for his career will be the most romantic
biography written. Another, more than
passing candidate for congressional
honors, lis Hon. "a. @. Hans
borough OF Devils Lake, recently
elected mayor of that city. He has been
spoken of lately, and his opposition to
Allen and Edwards gives him as friends
their enemies. He is reported as having
% following in the northern tier OF coun-
ties, but it is believed he secures it
through this we'll defined opposition.
Frank Pestigrew ss always in tra.ning.
Frank has "featheEed his nests lately,
and has more ready money to squapder,
and is twice as willing to use it as Gen.
Allen. Frank doesn't care much for ugly
newspaper criticism. Like Barnum, he
is ready for any thing that will ad7er-
tlse. But a ~ Richmond Is in the field.
and if the democratic governor, Church
does nothing else, he has given congress
sional impetus to ore OF his would be
deposed insane asylum officials at Yank
ton. There are deep mutterings in the
land ell through south Dakota over the
mud plasterinR OF Powers by Church,
and it may bring him out. Gen. Dennis
had q little eboomlet," but it fades be-
fore the new candidate, and it is limited
that Zion. Clifford loUks upon Churoh's
folly as creating his most formidable op-
ponent. Rest assured of one thing, il
the gentleman referred to does per
emptorily decline the good intent of his
friends in this direction, the next council
at least. if not congress, will see Powers
OF Yankton on the floor.
Gifford's chief work has been ia secur-
ing pensions for his constituency, and
on this he builds his hope. He is by no
means ont OF the @ Q yet. The farm
ers' alliance is net drowsy in politics.
and Wardell is growing in favor OF a
solid man, and this now formidable Or
R%anization may cut o material figure in
the coming political field.
Judge Palmer has hedged beautifully
over his patent inside" episode. He is,
by all odds, the most popular of ali
named, and he swears he never meant q
Dakota editor, nor had he one In view
when he hurled that little internal ms
chine. It was the New England scrib-
blers he was going for. Etethe conven-
tion has taken on its "bloom of youth
he will be found skirmishipg on the
front line. and If not on his right or3left,
Immediately in his rear, will follow
Mellette, who was just thorn enough in
the sides OF the Indiena republican POLL.
tician to seonr him a Dakota land